Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History

The Shaws of Terenure

A nineteenth-century Dublin merchant family

Tony Mc Carthy

This book traces the emergence of a protestant middle class family in late eighteenth century Dublin. From relative obscurity, in just three generations, the Sh…

Gypsum mining and the Shirley estate in south Monaghan, 1800–1936

Micheál McDermott

In the early 1800s a fruitless pursuit of coal on the Shirley estate in south Monaghan led to the discovery and the intermittent exploitation of gypsum on the e…

Who killed the Franks family?

Agrarian violence in pre-Famine Cork

Denis A. Cronin

This study examines the violent world of north Cork during the Rockite disturbances of the early 1820s. Agrarian gangs attempted to regulate rural society, thre…

Dublin in 1707

A year in the life of the city

Brendan Twomey

What happened in Dublin in 1707? At first glance – not much. But initial impressions can be misleading - the legacy of the decisions reached of 1707 persist to …

Piss-pots, printers and public opinion in eighteenth-century Dublin

Richard Twiss's 'Tour of Ireland'

Martyn J. Powell

This book explores the visit of the English tourist Richard Twiss to Ireland and the resulting controversy - enthusiastically stoked by Dublin's printers - that…

Print culture in Loughrea, 1850–1900

Reading, writing and printing in an Irish provincial town

Bernadette Lally

This study examines the demand for and supply of print in Loughrea in the second half of the nineteenth century. Literacy levels grew steadily throughout the pe…

The murder of Major Mahon, Strokestown, County Roscommon, 1847

Padraig Vesey

On 2 November 1847 Major Denis Mahon was murdered by an assassin near his home at Strokestown House. The murder sent shock waves through Ireland. Some sent it a…

The Fishery of Arklow, 1800–1950

Jim Rees

Surprisingly few Irish coastal communities have looked to the sea for their economic well-being. Arklow, Co. Wicklow was one of those exceptions. In 1836 it was…

'The Downfall of Hagan': Sligo Ribbonism in 1842

Jennifer Kelly

This study looks at the Ribbon secret society in Sligo town and county in the early nineteenth century. Comprising well over 3,000 members throughout the county…

Local Government in Nineteenth-Century County Dublin

The Grand Jury

David Broderick

Much has been written about the politics and government of nineteenth century Ireland at a national level. Yet the point at which government touched the lives o…

Restoration Strabane, 1660–1740

Economy and society in provincial Ireland

William Roulston

During the seventeenth century its larger and more imposing neighbour, Derry, often overshadowed Strabane, in the west of Ulster. Yet the story of Strabane in t…

A south Roscommon emigrant

Emigration and return, 1890–1920

Diane Dunnigan

Emigrants were a common sight in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ireland as they left their family farms to make their way to the boat at Queenstown or …